MEDVL 2082

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MEDVL 2082
Of Ice and Men: Masculinities in the Medieval North

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

The Middle Ages are usually imagined as a time of manly men and feminine women: no room for gender ambiguity in Conan the Barbarian! Yet gender, then as now, was in fact unstable, multiple, and above all, constructed. This course explores the different ways masculinity was understood, manufactured, and manipulated in northern Europe – primarily early Ireland, England, and Scandinavia – using a variety of literary, legal, historical, archaeological, and artistic sources. Students will gain new perspectives on both gender and sex, on the one hand, and the history of medieval Europe, on the other.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: FGSS 2082, HIST 2082, SHUM 2082

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17411 MEDVL 2082   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Falk, O

  • 17406 MEDVL 2082   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies